TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Bank Chicago vs 1st Equity Bank

Bank

First Bank Chicago

Highland Park, Illinois · $1 billion – $10 billion

52of 100
Below average

Bank

1st Equity Bank

Skokie, Illinois · $100 million – $1 billion

85of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Bank Chicago1st Equity Bank
TellerScore5285 (stronger)
Capital cushion41100 (stronger)
Loan quality64100 (stronger)
Earnings3175 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity62 (stronger)33
Problem-loan coverage79100 (stronger)
Peer percentile9th88th
Total assets$2.2B$130.0M
Deposits / shares$1.8B$87.7M
Capital ratio9.09%16.46% (stronger)
Problem loans1.09%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.15%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets0.28%1.39% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits85.0% (stronger)110.4%
Uninsured deposits26.6% (stronger)30.7%
Offices31
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)0.0%—

1st Equity Bank has the higher TellerScore (85 vs 52). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Bank Chicago leads on 2 and 1st Equity Bank on 5. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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